Valente Pasta Review & Contest Giveaway

I was contacted shortly before we left for Italy By Valente Pasta to test a variety of their very popular pastas. The day after the pasta selection arrived, I set out to test two of their pasta types. I chose the spinach pasta and the lemon pepper to try and paired two different sauces, one for each pasta type. I have always been fond of spinach pasta with a very simple, fresh tasting pasta sauce, so that was my first choice. I always had some nduja sausage left in my refrigerator that I wanted to use up before we left for Italy, so I paired that with the lemon pepper pasta. (See Photos Below)

I cooked each pasta the recommended cooking time in a large pot of lightly salted pasta, drained the pasta, and then mixed it with the sauce. The pasta itself remained perfectly “al dente” with just the perfect amount of bite with every spoonful. The fresh tomato sauce paired perfectly with the spinach pasta, although the nduja sauce was probably too heavy for the more delicate lemon pepper variety. I was pleasantly surprised with how the pasta cooked up and tasted, and would certainly recommend it to any pasta lover. I particularly liked the length of each pasta strand as it was just the right length to twirl on your fork. If you have any trouble trying to pair any Valente pasta variety with the perfect sauce, there is a recipe on the back of each package to help you out.

About Valente Pasta:

Pasta Valente was founded over 30 years ago by Fran Valente. She made pasta for family and friends, and then she took her pasta to the Charlottesville Farmer’s Market. It grew in popularity, and today our pasta can be found in grocery stores and specialty stores across the country. The pasta is rolled, cut, air dried and hand-packed. Valenta Pasta has an egg-free, soy-free, peanut and tree nut- free, dairy-free facility. They use locally grown wheat and Non-GMO ingredients, and all of the pastas cook in 3-5 minutes in boiling water.

Valente pasta has kindly offered six of their most popular varieties for me to use as a contest giveaway for one lucky winner. All you have to do is place a comment below along with your email expressing why you would like to win this prize.

Contest Rules:

This contest is now over! The winner is Laurier Tremblay of California.

Quality pasta is one of life’s pleasures! This is a beautiful product and I would so much love to learn more about it and taste these beautiful flavors. My Mother’s parents were born in Rome and although my Grandmother passed away when my Mom was just 7,she grew up in a pretty traditional Italian home in Cleveland. No matter how often we have quality pasta, it is always a joy in our home today. I hope to be lucky enough to be granted the priviledge of this fabulous prize.l

Thank you, what a fun giveaway! I admit to being pasta obsessed, I could and do eat it almost every day, but have not ventured to try any flavored varieties. I have some spinach in my fridge so I’m inspired to try making some, but what fun to have a variety to sample! Lemon pepper sounds really good, especially with a light springy sauce a la artichoke and fava or something of that nature. 6am and my mouth is already watering for pasta!!

I love all kinds of different pastas including shapes, sizes, and flavors. I have made a few flavored pastas, but have not made any of those shown. I would love to try those out! They sound exciting to the taste buds! Thanks!

I would love to try this pasta from the wonderful description that you have given. I am always looking for pastas that bring me
back to the food that I ate in Italy 5 years ago on my 2 week trip there. It would be a pleasure to try it.

I always like to try new pasta. My husband would eat pasta for breakfast lunch and dinner. We always make our own ravioli, especially for the holidays. My husband always says, “What would I do if I wasn’t born Italian!”

Now that we are retired, we have more time to play in the kitchen! We treated ourselves to a trip to Italy last Fall, and we continue to try new recipes and new ingredients at home. Our pasta making skills are improving, but these sound so yummy! Thanks for the opportunity.

My daughter and I are both vegetarians (she being vegan) so we are always looking for new foods to fit in with our diet choices. Pasta has been my favorite go-to since I started cooking many many years ago. I would love to try Pasta Valente. Thank you.

We are pasta people! The garlic parsley fettuccine sounds delicious! My husband and I love to cook and entertain and are always looking for different recipes, especially pasta! Being Italian, pasta is a staple in our home. Would love to try the Valente pasta!

My family and I love all types of pasta. I like the fact
that they remain al dente. I would love to try them
all with different types of sauces or just with olive
oil and garlic. This is a great contest.

Thanks to both Valente Pasta and you, Deborah, for such a nice giveaway. It is just before 8:00, a.m.; and this particular blog has me wanting pasta for breakfast! I can imagine putting seafood with the lemon pepper pasta and fresh spinach, kalamata olives, and sundried tomatoes with the spinach linguine just to get started. This is fun!

My family and I love all types of pastas. I would love
the Valente pastas because they stay al dente.
I would use all different types of sauces. My family
will be overjoyed especially my grandchildren who
all love pasta. Thanks for offering this wonderful
contest.

Love your blog. You help me bring back my childhood memories to me and my Nina Non. Have a great season in Italy. Oh yes I would love to win so I can use experiment on some different sauce recipes that you have written.

I would love to win some of the Valente pasta since I live in The Villages, Florida and there are no real Italian stores in the immediate area so I have to buy Italian food when I go visit the kids in Connecticut and bring it back here. Or, I go to Venice to visit my old neighborhood and stop in Sarasota to pick up food to take back to The Villages. Thanks.

Oh, my ! Tomato Basil…….Garlic Parsley…….Lemon Pepper…….What’s not to like! I can hardly wait to try this new (to me) pasta. And your pictures and sauce suggestions, Deborah, are just brilliant. Grazi!

I can almost taste my husband’s favorite scallops in a light white sauce over lemon pepper fettuccini… or chicken alfredo with mushroom fettuccini… and, bliss, a lunch of garlic parsley linguine with fresh bruschetta sauce on the deck on a beautiful summer day.

I would love to win this pasta as I have a hard time finding fettuccine in this area. Also, the spinach and lemon pepper flavors are nonexistent here and I’d love to be able to cook with these products! Mille grazie, Jane

My wife and I spent 6 months in Lecce, Puglia and I miss the great pasta that I ate daily. I would love to have a good pasta to eat here in the US. Many thanks. I collect your recipes with each newsletter.

Pasta has become a weekly staple in our household even though we are not Italian. As you described the various pastas and sauces, I began to salivate with visions of presenting the Valente Pastas to my family. Thank you for this opportunity.

I would love to try, and share, some different flavored pastas with my family. The variety sounds so much better than the generic pastas found in our local grocery store. Thank you for the opportunity.

As I am Italian, 100%, I love all Italian food, especially pastas of all kinds. I would love to try all 6 of these. Please draw my name and I will be forever grateful.
My Father was from Auronzo and my Mother from Sicily so I got both kinds of foods. I am a Senior Citizen and hope to get back one more time to visit my relatives.
Grazie Tanti

Italian food is my absolute favorite. I could eat it 6 nights a week and have pizza on the 7th day! I am always trying new recipes, many from Italian Food Forever. I would just love to win this giveaway!

Everyone of the pastas look delicious 😋My favorite food is melt in your mouth pasta and these all look like they would do just that! Thank you for the opportunity to win them, and thank you for the pleasure your website brings into my life.

Thank you for this chance to win pasta. Pasta is one of my favorite things to fix and of course to eat. I am slowly trying to add more pasta to our meals. My husband was raised on “meat and potatoes”, to have the chance to bring new flavors and shapes of pasta to him will get him on the best path of eating liking the Italian people. The Italian-Mediterranean is so good for you!!!

I would love to try all the varieties of their pasta! The tomato basil and the mushroom fettuccine sound delicious. I love different flavored pasta; you can do so much more with it – thank you for this opportunity!

My heritage is from Sicily, Palermo and Sciacca to be exact. The food I grew up with was always fresh and veggies from the garden my dad had. I don’t have a green thumb but appreciate home made pasta’s. I would love to win the pasta’s to explore their wonderful taste. Thank you for sharing them with us.

Oh, my goodness, at ages 74 and 84 we are on a new adventure in life. We are moving from Arizona state way up to Washington state to be around our families. We both can not wait to be able to garden again as Az was way too hot in the area to grow anything but cacti! With a huge family I could cook pasta and sauces to my hearts delight. I would use these pastas with happiness along with a good wine.

It’s wonderful to see so many comments. Your posts are always wonderful! I always mean to try more of your pasta sauce recipes, and winning these beautiful pastas would be a great reason to really go for it. My children have recently moved closer to me, and I would love to have a pasta party where we tried a few different pastas and sauces! Thank you for the opportunity.

My husband and I just ate at “Eataly” in Manhattan over the week-end, and I splurged and bought some of “Lidia’s” Vodka pasta sauce. One of these pastas would be a perfect go-along. Thanks for sharing with us!

All of these pasta’s look delish and I would love to cook them for my family. We are a half Irish half Italian family, but even the Irish half love Italian cooking. What a meal we could have with this pasta. Thank you for your wonderful site and recipes.

There aren’t many premade pasta’s that I like buying. I am always looking for healthy pasta’s with out dairy products. I have a granddaughter with health issues that I cook meals for from time to time and this bran of pasta which I am not familiar with may be the perfect answer for her special diet.

A day without pasta is a sad, miserable day. I enter every contest and I figure that one of these days the odds will be in my favor. I love your blog and ALL of your recipes but your pictures and descriptions of life in Italy the most!

Our customary dinner for seventeen every Sunday would be quite fun having a pasta tasting with different sauces. Would love to win this pasta and share with the family. If we win ill send the photo of all of us enoying and tasting.

oh, my…..all these look amazing-I have never heard of this brand and I would love to try it out! I haven’t found any pasta that has really bowled me over, but the garlic parsley just screams at me! Thanks for the chance to win it and thanks for the tip to start searching it out in my local stores!

I would like to try Valente pasta with a tomato sauce made with our traditional jarred san marzano tomatoes (prepared every fall with the guidance and expertise of Nonna). My husband loves pasta and I know he would love to try this one.

They all look delicious. My 7 year old and 3 year old would eat pasta all day everyday if I let them. I am Mexican and not very good at cooking pasta but the husband is great at it. We all enjoy some quality pasta with some homeade sauce and LOTS of cheese on it. And don’t forget some good garlic bread. I am hungry now.

You know … when new friends ask you over for dinner, they sometimes ask, “Is there anything you’re allergic to or just don’t eat?”. Our answer is always, “We eat anything”. But Italian food is certainly one of our favorites and one of many things my wife and I really enjoyed about traveling to Italy. On our first visit there several years ago, we could not get over how good the pasta was … how it was cooked to perfection every time. Of course, we bought has much as would fit into our luggage and enjoyed wonderful, “al dente” pasta for several weeks back home and after running out, tried, in vain, store-bought products that could come close. After 4 years, we’ve come close … but “no cigar”. So, we would love to try Valente Pasta. Our mouths are already watering with anticipation!!

I am always looking for something new and different in pasta to try. I get so excited when I come across one and can’t wait to make it. I see some yummy ones you have on your website. I would be honored to be chosen to receive one. Thank you.

My husband and I are well acquainted with Pasta Valente. We have watched the Company grow from a few room operation to the superior pasta production that it has now become. Their attention to detail is awesome. If you are not a winner of this contest, try to find this pasta and give it a try. Remember that name –PASTA VALENTE!!!!!!

Hi Deborah,
I’d really like to win this contest for several reasons:
the variety of pastas offered, the type of pasta being given away (cut of pasta — love fettucine), and the chance to try something new! Thank you!

I LOVE Valente Pasta but sadly the grocery stores in my area do not carry it. I pretended to be a family rep in Harris Teeter once and tried getting it on the shelf but I see from the lack of Pasta Valente in that store that they did not believe me. So every once in awhile when I travel to the land of Ingles grocery store I stock up. The best pasta I have ever tasted.

I am the queen of all things pasta! Haha. Coming from a big family of Italians, I am always trying new dishes and love it when I come across great pasta like this! Sooo much better than that boxed stuff. This family of five would be super excited to win this! We love pasta!! ♥️♥️

I have always loved pasta my whole life. Recently, a friend turned me on to Kamut Organic ancient grain flour. I started making my own pasta with it and just love the texture of this hard flour. Of course, I used garlic, spinach, parsley, basil, etc. I would love to try some of this pasta. Thank You, Jeff

I love pasta, what can I say? Your articles and recipes are wonderful. With fresh spring vegies and herbs becoming available in central Illinois, I can’t wait to try out these pastas to go with asparagus, chives plus their flowers and fresh lettuce and kale. Thank you all you do.

In the tradition of my mother and her mother before her, I have started making my own homemade pasta. I’d love to win the Valente pasta – especially the lemon pepper pasta! Maybe it will inspire me to expand my flavor horizons when making my own.